Intellectual Homer Simpson
@scottyramone.bsky.social
I’m Scott: recovering journalist and aspiring late-in-life novelist currently managing a warehouse. Single dad. I contain multitudes. Passionate about dinosaurs. I try to make art sometimes. An absolute delight. He/Him/Y’all
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In a bid to attract more followers,* I will post one interesting/weird thing about me each day unless I forget or fall into a funk where I determine I am irredeemably boring.
*Honestly, to aid in my literary ambitions.
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This is actually three of Rivers’ kids in a trench coat with a helmet and pads.
The Colts will start QB Philip Rivers on Sunday against the Seahawks, sources tell The Insiders.
Age 44, out of retirement, after a full week of practice, Rivers is a go.
Age 44, out of retirement, after a full week of practice, Rivers is a go.
December 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This is actually three of Rivers’ kids in a trench coat with a helmet and pads.
I made a deal with myself to repost jokes like this that make me laugh too hard.
In case anyone mistakenly thought I was even marginally cool.
In case anyone mistakenly thought I was even marginally cool.
Just heard the news story about the guy going all over town to craft stores and dipping his balls in the glitter.
It's pretty nuts.
It's pretty nuts.
December 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I made a deal with myself to repost jokes like this that make me laugh too hard.
In case anyone mistakenly thought I was even marginally cool.
In case anyone mistakenly thought I was even marginally cool.
Now that the furor has died down a bit (for a while), here is my HOT TAKE for my Five Faithful Followers:
STRANGER THINGS is never going to be as good as it was in Season 1 but it will never be as bad as people who want to put on the garb of “my tastes are impeccable” claim.
I still like it a lot.
STRANGER THINGS is never going to be as good as it was in Season 1 but it will never be as bad as people who want to put on the garb of “my tastes are impeccable” claim.
I still like it a lot.
a man in a suit and a red shirt says you are late
ALT: a man in a suit and a red shirt says you are late
media.tenor.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Now that the furor has died down a bit (for a while), here is my HOT TAKE for my Five Faithful Followers:
STRANGER THINGS is never going to be as good as it was in Season 1 but it will never be as bad as people who want to put on the garb of “my tastes are impeccable” claim.
I still like it a lot.
STRANGER THINGS is never going to be as good as it was in Season 1 but it will never be as bad as people who want to put on the garb of “my tastes are impeccable” claim.
I still like it a lot.
What actor’s facial expression in a movie will stay with you the rest of your life?
December 11, 2025 at 7:11 PM
What actor’s facial expression in a movie will stay with you the rest of your life?
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Art by US artist and illustrator Paul Alexander (1937 - 2021)
December 5, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Art by US artist and illustrator Paul Alexander (1937 - 2021)
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The bluegrass virtuoso brings back the spirit of Tiny Desk's early days: fewer microphones to capture "the way these instruments are meant to sound." n.pr/3KD1SiI
Billy Strings: Tiny Desk Concert
The bluegrass virtuoso brings back the spirit of Tiny Desk's early days: fewer microphones to capture "the way these instruments are meant to sound."
n.pr
December 10, 2025 at 11:38 AM
The bluegrass virtuoso brings back the spirit of Tiny Desk's early days: fewer microphones to capture "the way these instruments are meant to sound." n.pr/3KD1SiI
The very name of this behavior is meant as a deterrent to the very behavior it describes.
The Gollum Effect: 44 Percent of Scientists Report Territorial Research Experiences
Territorial behavior in academia, or the Gollum effect, affects 44 percent of researchers, a survey found, causing some to shift career trajectories or even behave like Gollum themselves. Image credit:©iStock,…
Territorial behavior in academia, or the Gollum effect, affects 44 percent of researchers, a survey found, causing some to shift career trajectories or even behave like Gollum themselves. Image credit:©iStock,…
The Gollum Effect: 44 Percent of Scientists Report Territorial Research Experiences
Territorial behavior in academia, or the Gollum effect, affects 44 percent of researchers, a survey found, causing some to shift career trajectories or even behave like Gollum themselves. Image credit:©iStock, Kerrick Even those who have not seen The Lord of the Rings are likely familiar with Gollum’s iconic line, “My precious,” which embodies his obsession with the One Ring. Gollum’s extreme territorial behavior rang a bell for Jose Valdez, a postdoctoral researcher at the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research, as he experienced similar behaviors from fellow researchers as a trainee.
pixegias.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The very name of this behavior is meant as a deterrent to the very behavior it describes.
Masculinity—not the toxic kind—is about being strong enough to not fear other strong people: women, LGBTQ, different races, different cultures.
Masculinity is understanding strength comes with the responsibility to help others: the weaker, the equally strong, and the differently strong. Just help.
Masculinity is understanding strength comes with the responsibility to help others: the weaker, the equally strong, and the differently strong. Just help.
Everything else aside, the idea that this is a model for many men of *masculinity* is so wild. This? This is "manly"? This is how people think it's cool to act?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-wG...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-wG...
Dave Portnoy Demands NFL Investigate Pete Carroll & Raiders For Rigging
YouTube video by Clasher Sports
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Masculinity—not the toxic kind—is about being strong enough to not fear other strong people: women, LGBTQ, different races, different cultures.
Masculinity is understanding strength comes with the responsibility to help others: the weaker, the equally strong, and the differently strong. Just help.
Masculinity is understanding strength comes with the responsibility to help others: the weaker, the equally strong, and the differently strong. Just help.
Just a fantastic and clear-eyed look at the end results of decades of college football disfunction.
For @theathletic.com, I wrote about how college football's problem is that no one can accept failure as a lesson to be learned from rather than a grievous abnormality caused by malignant outside figures solely motivated by taking from you what you believe to be yours. www.nytimes.com/athletic/687...
Notre Dame (and others) blame everyone but themselves in CFB’s lawless, leaderless era
Everyone in college football wants a cookie, and they're throwing a tantrum until they get their dessert.
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Just a fantastic and clear-eyed look at the end results of decades of college football disfunction.
Me, a 53-year old white, cishet dude: I better start doing sit-ups if it’s gonna be crop top season when I’m 70. (Excitedly)
So after we got over that whole McCarthyism crap in the 50s, we got the freedom of the 60s and the weirdness of the 70s and I just really hope I'm around to see straight men in makeup and crop tops and heels in 2040, dancing to Space Disco with long hair and mustaches once we're through ALL THIS.
December 9, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Me, a 53-year old white, cishet dude: I better start doing sit-ups if it’s gonna be crop top season when I’m 70. (Excitedly)
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The "caudofemoralis longus" is a muscle that leaves obvious evidence of its existence on the bones of dinosaurs. This muscle that retracted the leg during locomotion was anchored to the thigh bone at the 4th trochanter (see pic, labeled "d" where the bone is deformed by musc stresses) & to the tail.
December 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The "caudofemoralis longus" is a muscle that leaves obvious evidence of its existence on the bones of dinosaurs. This muscle that retracted the leg during locomotion was anchored to the thigh bone at the 4th trochanter (see pic, labeled "d" where the bone is deformed by musc stresses) & to the tail.
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Yes, pay as much as you can afford, and don't blame the authors if their publication is outside your budget. It's a matter of being reasonable and civil. I appreciate those I follow on Bluesky and I'd subscribe to them all if I could. Thank you to all!
December 8, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Yes, pay as much as you can afford, and don't blame the authors if their publication is outside your budget. It's a matter of being reasonable and civil. I appreciate those I follow on Bluesky and I'd subscribe to them all if I could. Thank you to all!
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Oprah Pursues Dr. Phil On Ship Through Arctic https://theonion.com/oprah-pursues-dr-phil-on-ship-through-arctic/
December 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Oprah Pursues Dr. Phil On Ship Through Arctic https://theonion.com/oprah-pursues-dr-phil-on-ship-through-arctic/
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Idk who needs to hear this but influenza infection is not a detox
December 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Idk who needs to hear this but influenza infection is not a detox
This would be like Georgia losing to Duke (in football, to be clear) in the FBS playoffs.
Y’all might not follow FCS football, but North Dakota State losing in the second round of the playoff is WORLD SHATTERING.
Illinois State—who beat them—threw FIVE interceptions.
Just absolute galaxy-level insanity in college football.
Illinois State—who beat them—threw FIVE interceptions.
Just absolute galaxy-level insanity in college football.
December 7, 2025 at 12:41 AM
This would be like Georgia losing to Duke (in football, to be clear) in the FBS playoffs.
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We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
December 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
Y’all might not follow FCS football, but North Dakota State losing in the second round of the playoff is WORLD SHATTERING.
Illinois State—who beat them—threw FIVE interceptions.
Just absolute galaxy-level insanity in college football.
Illinois State—who beat them—threw FIVE interceptions.
Just absolute galaxy-level insanity in college football.
December 7, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Y’all might not follow FCS football, but North Dakota State losing in the second round of the playoff is WORLD SHATTERING.
Illinois State—who beat them—threw FIVE interceptions.
Just absolute galaxy-level insanity in college football.
Illinois State—who beat them—threw FIVE interceptions.
Just absolute galaxy-level insanity in college football.
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Two independent studies found that AI chatbots were better at persuading voters than political ads. The most persuasive bots also lied the most. This is something that humans working in psyops have known for decades. AI is psyops at scale. www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1...
December 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Two independent studies found that AI chatbots were better at persuading voters than political ads. The most persuasive bots also lied the most. This is something that humans working in psyops have known for decades. AI is psyops at scale. www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1...
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Hands Reaching Up From Hell, Wat Rong Khun Temple, by Chalermchai Kositpipat, 1997
December 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Hands Reaching Up From Hell, Wat Rong Khun Temple, by Chalermchai Kositpipat, 1997
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zombie hands clawing at a zombie world.
in the movies this is the screensaver on the computers at the world’s most evil company
December 5, 2025 at 8:03 PM
zombie hands clawing at a zombie world.
Every Heathcliff comic tries to break its own record for most brain-suplexing unhinged comic, a record almost always held by a Heathcliff comic from the previous week, possibly the previous day.
December 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Every Heathcliff comic tries to break its own record for most brain-suplexing unhinged comic, a record almost always held by a Heathcliff comic from the previous week, possibly the previous day.
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The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
Don’t ask generative AI questions or use it for a search.
December 5, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Don’t ask generative AI questions or use it for a search.
These are the stupidest people imaginable.
DOJ's newest recruitment ad features Judge Dredd, the comic satire about the dangers of lawless policing and authoritarian power
December 5, 2025 at 12:18 PM
These are the stupidest people imaginable.